Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-30
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

The collector has issued forty three dog
licenses in the last two weeks.
The estate of Perry Trowbridge was dis
tributed in the Probate Court yesterday.
Mr.. Frank R. Miles. of Stuart, was in
town yesterday and returned home last
evening.
The Emmett Guard expect to give ball
on the night of April % for the beuefit OF
the Emmett Guard Band.
| The Knight Comedy Combination is billed
to appear at the Grand for the week COM
mencing Monday, April 4.
Victor Schmidt. of the California Brewery.
is reported as having gone on another OF
his trips to Sonora, N. NJ.
The dust now threatens to be as great q
nuisance soon as the mud was week ago.
Get out the sprinkling carts.
w. H. Lloyd, the butcher, has refitted
his meat market, and customers dealing
there will find it as neat and clean as any
in town.
The dairynen hold a meeting tonight
for the purpose OF regulating the price Of
milk. A general advance in price il among
the possibilities.
The Pacific Express Company shipped
the following amount OF bullion yesterday:
Silver Bow, z bars, value $12,O96; Moul-
ton, 9, $14, ,6SS; Blue Bird, IL, $19, 200.
There was fall of snow last night, pres
age of leonine outgo for the month.
Butte is bad enough without Old Winter
setting us such a shocking example in the
''lingering" business.
Much building is going on in the neighbor-
hood OF the High School as evidenced by
the Act thai tbs M::..sr Lunaber- Company
have filled orders for seventy-three build
1co o%
George w. Irwin II. has received a copy
OF the Hanscomb bill. and as it's provisions
do not 60 into effect until July 1 the Amy
and Silversmith shaft will be sunk with the
present appliances without delay.
A man driving a wagon at a gait contrary
to statute ran over a pet dog of Mrs. Per-
kins, the fancy goods dealer on West Park
street, yesterday. Last week her little girl
narrowly escaped being run over by the
same carelessness.
County Attorney Dewitt rendered an
opinion yesterday to County Recorder
Booth that the charge of $23 he made in
recording the decree of distribution, accord
ing to the old scale, was correct. In his
opinion the new law does not take effect
until 1888.
Babcoek the halter has hit ON pretty
good advertising scheme. The white, blue
and red base ball caps worn by boys
about town are his contribution to the
youths OF Butte and he has given out fifty I.
Of them al, eady named for various mines,
Dublin Gulch, etc.
Fred Curtis died yesterday in this city
at the comparatively young age OF 20. Yet
he had q history. Since he was years old
he had made his own living He crossed
the plains as long ago as '65 and has been
known in Montana and on the Coast ever
since, having been all over the West. He
will be buried from Pettit's rooms at 2
o'clock to-day.
Mr.. J. Chauvin has sold fourth interest
in the Senator Edmunds lode, Independence
District, to Allan G. Kennedy. of Minneap-
oils, for 81 900 in cash. He also bonded a
fourth interest in the Infallible, Homestake
District. for $4,000. A few days ago be
sold a fourth in the Kittie O'Brien for
81, $50, and his Interests in several other
claims number amongst the most promising
in the camp.
Mr. and Mrs. A. NJ. Fleming. of Ogden,
Union Pacific Claim Agent, arrived in the
city last evening, accompanied by Mr.. A.
w. Fleming, the father of Mr.. Fleming,
from Dubuque. Iowa. Soon after their ar
rival here the party was taken in hand by
Mr.. Frank r. Miles, who showed them the
objects of interest in the city and
including the Colorado smelling
works, the Lexington, Moulton and Alice
mills and the Ana conda hoisting works.
The party was highly pleased and aston
ished at the great resources of the place.
They all returned to Ogden last evening.